$100M payment is in the form of stock options and will vest in four years

Google is
one of the largest and most profitable tech firms on the planet. The company
has its tentacles in so many different areas that it can be hard to keep up.
The firm may have started as a web search company, but it has grown into much
more than that.

Google announced last week that Eric Schmidt would be stepping down from his spot as the CEO of
the company and would be replaced by co-founder Larry Page. Reuters reports
that Schmidt will be given a $100 million equity award as he steps down
from the helm of Google. The award will be granted in the form of stock and
options that will vest over four years and is the first award that Schmidt has
been given since he came to Google back in 2001.

Schmidt will become the executive chairman of Google after he vacates the CEO
spot. Google announced Schmidt would be stepping down at the same time it
announced its earnings. The earnings were better than expectations and most
were surprised that Schmidt was vacating his post as CEO.
Reuters reports that Schmidt stated in an interview that the move was
an effort to speed up the decision-making within the company. Schmidt has also
drafted a plan to sell some of the stock he holds in the company. The news
surfaced in a regulatory filing last week.

"The pre-arranged trading plan was adopted in order to allow Eric to sell
a portion of his Google stock as part of his long-term strategy for individual
asset diversification and liquidity," the filing said.

Schmidt holds 9.2 million shares of Google stock and has 9.6% of the company's
voting power according to Reuters. He plans to sell 534,000 shares
of Class A common stock -- the stock closed at $611.83 on NASDAQ Friday.

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Rich people typically don't have primary residences in states that tax them to death. Brandon, life changes when you don't have to worry about surviving anymore and people tend to lose their minds. If you won $100 million in the lottery, make a list of what you want to do with it. Invest most of it (there are a billion things to invest in), give away a lot of it (doesn't have to be a charity, can be friends and family), build your dream home at your dream location, buy your toys (you're not going to work anymore...no you're not), find something to do that takes a decent amount of time and has a flexible schedule (VERY IMPORTANT). Hell, stand up a new charity and donate your time to that if you don't have a lot of wants.

I like the real estate biz (not in that currently). My bro-in-law is a broker and I would want to do something with him so that's what I'd do during the day. Then do car stuff, RVing, and desert sh!t on my off time. One thing that California has taught me is that there's tons of things to do. Live isn't boring unless you want it to be.

You can still live modestly. I don't want a huge house although I can appreciate some of the architectures. A lot of them are art. I don't want to live in art, I want to live in a house. I would rather have multiple investment properties (rentals, house flips, etc.). Not saying my homes wouldn't be nice, just not art. I know I would have at least two residences because I would like to live in different parts of the country. The US is a big place and there are a ton of absolutely stunning places to live.